'Unfortunately, he didn't exercise that power, he could have overturned the Election!' 'Actually, what they are saying, is that Mike Pence did have the right to change the outcome, and they now want to take that right away,' Trump claimed. Trump has taken offense to the senators' efforts to change the law, suggesting in doing so Pence did have the power to pick and choose the results. In late January, Trump admitted that he had wanted Pence to overturn the election that day. Pence ultimately agreed with the traditional interpretation of the law - that his job was to count the Electoral College votes and that's all. They went so far as to have 'alternate' slates of pro-Trump electors meet on Decemthe date the Electoral College made Biden's win official - in key swing states to give Pence an option. In the lead-up to Januwhen the Electoral Count Act mandates Congress hold a joint session for the vote-counting - Trump's allies pushed an unconventional interpretation of the law: that Pence could choose which Electoral College votes to count. The current law allows a challenge to go forward with the objection of just one House member and one senator. Manchin and Tillis are part of a 16- member bipartisan group of senators looking into making modifications to the 1887 act.īroad goals include clarifying that the vice president only plays a symbolic role when Congress meets on January 6 after a presidential election to count the Electoral College votes.Īdditionally, senators want to make it more difficult for members to challenge states' election results. So, it wouldn't surprise me if we're looking at a May, June timeframe before we have a consensus work product,' he added. 'We're still weeks into a process of discovery and scoping. 'Everybody thinks it's going to get done in a week or two. 'Take a look at the length of time for the bipartisan infrastructure bill,' Tillis told the website. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, also pointed out that things generally move at a snail's pace on Capitol Hill. 'Democrats keep trying to push the envelope and talk about challenging state election laws in federal courts,' a GOP aide familiar with the talks told Politico. Joe Manchin is leading the bipartisan effort to reform the 135-year-old Electoral Count Act, which former President Donald Trump's allies tried to use to have Vice President Mike Pence overturn the 2020 election
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